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'''Blackheath Football Club''' is a [[rugby union]] club based in [[Well Hall]], [[Eltham]], in south-east [[London]].
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| capacity = 1,650 (550 seats)
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| president = Rory O'Sullivan
| head coach = James Shanahan
| captain = Ed Taylor
| captain = Ed Taylor
| league = [[National League 2 East]]
| league = [[National League 1]]
| season = [[2021–22 National League 1|2021–22]]
| season = [[2023–24 National League 1|2023–24]]
| position = National League 1, 14th (relegated)
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The club was founded in [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]] in 1858 and is the fourth-oldest rugby club in continuous existence in the world, after [[Dublin University Football Club]] (1854), [[Liverpool St Helens F.C.]] (1857), and [[Edinburgh Academical Football Club]] (1857). The Blackheath club also assisted in organising the [[1871 Scotland versus England rugby union match|world's first rugby international]] (between [[England national rugby union team|England]] and [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] in [[Raeburn Place|Edinburgh]] on 27 March 1871) and hosted the first international between England and Wales ten years later – the players meeting and getting changed at the Princess of Wales public house. Blackheath, along with [[Civil Service F.C.]], is one of the two clubs that can claim to be a founder member of both [[The Football Association]] and the [[Rugby Football Union]].
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'''Blackheath Football Club''' is a [[rugby union]] club based in [[Well Hall]], [[Eltham]] in south-east London.


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The club currently plays in [[National League 1]], the third tier of the [[English rugby union system]], with matches played at Well Hall after a move from [[Rectory Field]] in Blackheath at the end of the 2015–16 season.
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The club was founded in 1858, it is also the fourth-oldest rugby club in continuous existence in the world, after [[Dublin University Football Club]] (1854), [[Liverpool St Helens F.C.]] (1857) and [[Edinburgh Academical Football Club]] (1857). The Blackheath club also assisted in organising the [[1871 Scotland versus England rugby union match|world's first rugby international]] (between [[England national rugby union team|England]] and [[Scotland national rugby union team|Scotland]] in [[Raeburn Place|Edinburgh]] on 27 March 1871) and hosted the first international between England and Wales ten years later – the players meeting and getting changed at the Princess of Wales public house. Blackheath, along with [[Civil Service F.C.]], is one of the two clubs that can claim to be a founder member of both [[The Football Association]] and the [[Rugby Football Union]].

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The club currently play in [[National League 2 East]], the fourth tier of the [[English rugby union system]], with matches played at Well Hall, after a move from [[Rectory Field]] in [[Blackheath, London|Blackheath]] at the end of the 2015–16 season.


==History==
==History==
===Early history===
===Early history===
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The institution was founded as "Blackheath Football Club" in 1858 by old boys of [[Blackheath Proprietary School]] who played a "carrying" game of football made popular by [[Rugby School]]. When the old boys played against the current pupils, supporters would shout for either "Club" or "School" accordingly. This is why, to this day, supporters of BFC shout for "Club", not for "Blackheath". In 1863, the club developed the tactic of passing the ball from player to player as an alternative to the solo break and the "kick and follow-up".
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{{Wikisource|Rules of Blackheath Football Club (1862)}}
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The institution was founded as "Blackheath Football Club" in 1858 by old boys of [[Blackheath Proprietary School]] who played a "carrying" game of football made popular by [[Rugby School]]. When the old boys played against the current pupils, supporters would shout for either "Club" or "School" accordingly. This is why to this day supporters of BFC shout for "Club", not for "Blackheath". In 1863 the club developed the tactic of passing the ball from player to player as an alternative to the solo break and the "kick and follow-up".


[[File:Blackheath football club team 1862.jpg|thumb|left|Blackheath FC team of 1862]]
Blackheath is the fourth-oldest rugby club in continuous existence in the world, after [[Dublin University Football Club]] (1854), [[Liverpool St Helens F.C.]] (1857) and [[Edinburgh Academical Football Club]] (1857), but asserts it is the "oldest independent Rugby club, meaning that it was not attached to any institution such as a military establishment, hospital, school or college."<ref name="BFChistory">{{cite web |title=Our history |url=https://blackheathrugby.co.uk/our-history/ |website=Blackheath Rugby |access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref>
Blackheath is the fourth-oldest rugby club in continuous existence in the world, after [[Dublin University Football Club]] (1854), [[Liverpool St Helens F.C.]] (1857) and [[Edinburgh Academical Football Club]] (1857), but asserts it is the "oldest independent Rugby club, meaning that it was not attached to any institution such as a military establishment, hospital, school or college."<ref name="BFChistory">{{cite web |title=Our history |url=https://blackheathrugby.co.uk/our-history/ |website=Blackheath Rugby |access-date=13 July 2022}}</ref>


In 1863 Blackheath was a founder member of [[The Football Association]] which was formed at the [[Freemasons' Tavern]], Great Queen Street, on Lincoln Inn Fields, London 26 October 1863 with the intention to frame a code of laws that would embrace the best and most acceptable points of all the various methods of play under the one heading of "football". [[Francis Maule Campbell]], a member of Blackheath, was elected treasurer. At the fifth meeting Campbell argued that [[hacking (rugby)|hacking]] was an essential element of 'football' and that to eliminate hacking would "do away with all the courage and pluck from the game, and I will be bound over to bring over a lot of Frenchmen who would beat you with a week’s practice."<ref>Richard Holt,''Sport and the British: A Modern History'', Oxford University Press, 1990 {{ISBN|0-19-285229-9}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vtChCoG6veMC&lpg=PA86&ots=LATZTdkEr2&pg=PA86 p. 86]</ref> At the sixth meeting on 8 December Campbell withdrew Blackheath, explaining that the rules that the FA intended to adopt would destroy the game and all interest in it. Other rugby clubs followed this lead and did not join the Football Association. In this way the great divide between soccer and rugby took place.
In 1863 Blackheath was a founder member of [[The Football Association]] which was formed at the [[Freemasons' Tavern]], Great Queen Street, on Lincoln Inn Fields, London 26 October 1863 with the intention to frame a code of laws that would embrace the best and most acceptable points of all the various methods of play under the one heading of "football". [[Francis Maule Campbell]], a member of Blackheath, was elected treasurer. At the fifth meeting Campbell argued that [[hacking (rugby)|hacking]] was an essential element of 'football' and that eliminating hacking would "do away with all the courage and pluck from the game, and I will be bound over to bring over a lot of Frenchmen who would beat you with a week’s practice."<ref>Richard Holt,''Sport and the British: A Modern History'', Oxford University Press, 1990 {{ISBN|0-19-285229-9}}, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vtChCoG6veMC&pg=PA86 p. 86]</ref> At the sixth meeting on 8 December Campbell withdrew Blackheath, explaining that the rules that the FA intended to adopt would destroy the game and all interest in it. Other rugby clubs followed this lead and did not join the Football Association. In this way the great divide between association football and rugby took place.


In December 1870 Edwin Ash, secretary of [[Richmond F.C.|Richmond Football Club]] published a letter in the papers which said, "Those who play the rugby-type game should meet to form a code of practice as various clubs play to rules which differ from others, which makes the game difficult to play." On 26 January 1871 a meeting attended by representatives from 22 clubs was held in London at the [[Pall Mall Restaurant]]. As a result of this meeting the [[Rugby Football Union]] (RFU) was founded. Three lawyers who had been pupils at Rugby School drew up the first laws of the game which were approved in June 1871. The Club is one of seven of the original twenty-one clubs to have survived to this day.
In December 1870, Edwin Ash, secretary of [[Richmond F.C.|Richmond Football Club]] published a letter in the papers which said, "Those who play the rugby-type game should meet to form a code of practice as various clubs play to rules which differ from others, which makes the game difficult to play." On 26 January 1871 a meeting attended by representatives from 22 clubs was held in London at the [[Pall Mall Restaurant]]. As a result of this meeting the [[Rugby Football Union]] (RFU) was founded. Three lawyers who had been pupils at Rugby School drew up the first laws of the game which were approved in June 1871. The Club is one of seven of the original twenty-one clubs to have survived to this day.


===Later history===
===Later history===
[[File:Oxford v blackheath rugby.jpg|thumb|200px|Blackheath playing [[Oxford University R.F.C.|Oxford University]] in 1905]]
[[File:Oxford v blackheath rugby.jpg|thumb|170px|Blackheath playing [[Oxford University R.F.C.|Oxford University]] in 1905]]
Blackheath initially played its matches on the Heath (meeting and changing at the Princess of Wales [[public house]]) but occasional interruptions from spectators led the club to move, initially to a private field (Richardson's Field) in Blackheath before moving to the Rectory Field in 1883.
Blackheath initially played its matches on the Heath (meeting and changing at the Princess of Wales [[public house]]) but occasional interruptions from spectators led the club to move, initially to a private field (Richardson's Field) in Blackheath before moving to the Rectory Field in 1883.


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==Current standings==
==Current standings==
{{2022–23 National League 2 East}}
{{2024–25 National League 1}}


==Modern club==
==Modern club==
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:''See also [[:Category:Blackheath F.C. players]]''
:''See also [[:Category:Blackheath F.C. players]]''
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*{{flagicon|ENG}}[[David Allen (rugby union)|David Allen]] – [[Flanker (rugby union)|openside flanker]] who played at Club for 13 seasons between 2004 and 2016, scoring 147 league tries from 274 appearances and becoming the all-time top try scorer in [[National League 1|tier 3]]. Gained 8 caps for the [[England Counties XV]] as well as appearing for the [[Barbarian F.C.|Barbarians]].
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Allen (rugby union)|David Allen]] – [[Flanker (rugby union)|openside flanker]] who played at Club for 13 seasons between 2004 and 2016, scoring 147 league tries from 274 appearances and becoming the all-time top try scorer in [[National League 1|tier 3]]. Gained 8 caps for the [[England Counties XV]] as well as appearing for the [[Barbarian F.C.|Barbarians]].
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Harold Dingwall Bateson]].
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Harold Dingwall Bateson]].
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Thomas Batson]]
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Thomas Batson]]
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[George Burton (rugby union)]]
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Norman Bruce]]
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}}[[Mike Campbell-Lamerton]].
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Mike Bulpitt]]
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Charles Arthur Crompton]], played in England's first international
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[George Burton (rugby union)]]
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[C.B. Fry]]
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Mike Campbell-Lamerton]].
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Charles Arthur Crompton]], played in England's first international
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* {{Flagicon|New Zealand}}[[John Anthony Gallagher|John Gallagher]], All Black and member of the team that won the inaugural [[Rugby World Cup]] in 1987.
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Walter Michael Dickson]]
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* {{Flagicon|Canada}}[[Steve Gray (rugby union)|Stephen Gray]], played for Canada 1987,91,95 World Cups.
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[John Douglas (rugby union)|John Douglas]]
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* {{flagicon|United Kingdom}}[[Thomas Gubb]]
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Stan Harris]]
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Hector Forsayth]]
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Edward Fraser (rugby union)|Edward Fraser]]
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* {{flagicon|USA}}[[Dhani Jones]]
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Aadel Kardooni]], England A
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[C.B. Fry]]
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* {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} [[John Gallagher (rugby)|John Gallagher]], All Black and member of the team that won the inaugural [[Rugby World Cup]] in 1987.
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* {{Flagicon|Canada}} [[Steve Gray (rugby union)|Stephen Gray]], played for Canada 1987,91,95 World Cups.
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* {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Thomas Gubb]]
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Stan Harris]]
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* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Dhani Jones]]
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* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Aadel Kardooni]], England A
* {{Flagicon|UK}} [[John Selwyn Moll]]
* {{Flagicon|South Africa}} [[Joseph Edward Crawshay Partridge|JEC 'Birdie' Partridge]]
* {{Flagicon|South Africa}} [[Joseph Edward Crawshay Partridge|JEC 'Birdie' Partridge]]
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Alexander William Pearson]] (born 1854)
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Alexander William Pearson]] (born 1854)
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Charles Pillman]]. Played for England 18 times before WW1.
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Charles Pillman]]. Played for England 18 times before WW1.
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Robert Pillman]]. Charles Pillman's younger brother who played for England against France in 1914 and was killed in Belgium in 1916
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Robert Pillman]]. Charles Pillman's younger brother who played for England against France in 1914 and was killed in Belgium in 1916
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[E H D Sewell]] sports writer and cricketer
* {{Flagicon|Scotland}} [[Hamish Scott]]
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[E H D Sewell]] sports writer and cricketer
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Charles Sherrard]] (1849–1938), played in England's first international
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Charles Sherrard]] (1849–1938), played in England's first international
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Joe Simpson (rugby union, born 1988)|Joe Simpson]].
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Joe Simpson (rugby union, born 1988)|Joe Simpson]].
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Mickey Skinner]] "The Munch".
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Mickey Skinner]] "The Munch".
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Graham Standing]]
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Stephen Smith (rugby union, born 1934)|Stephen Smith]]. Five England caps
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Frederick Stokes (rugby union)|Frederick Stokes]] (1850–1929),<ref name="one">Steve Lewis, ''One Among Equals'', 2008, pp9-10 (Vertical Editions:London)</ref> the first captain of the [[England national rugby union team]].
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Graham Standing]]
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Frederick Stokes (rugby union)|Frederick Stokes]] (1850–1929),<ref name="one">Steve Lewis, ''One Among Equals'', 2008, pp9-10 (Vertical Editions:London)</ref> the first captain of the [[England national rugby union team]].
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Lennard Stokes]] (1856–1933),<ref name="one"/> former captain of the [[England national rugby union team]].
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Lennard Stokes]] (1856–1933),<ref name="one"/> former captain of the [[England national rugby union team]].
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Henry Taylor (rugby union)]]
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Henry Taylor (rugby union, born 1858)|Henry Taylor (rugby union)]]
* {{Flagicon|England}}[[Rob Webber]].
* {{Flagicon|England}} [[Rob Webber]].
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* {{Flagicon|England}}Jack Kendall. England under 18 England deaf London Irish.
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* '''[[Glengarth Sevens]] Davenport Plate (1)''': 1983
* '''[[Glengarth Sevens]] Davenport Plate (1)''': 1983
* '''[[National League 2 South|National Division Three South]] (1)''': [[2003–04 National Division Three South|2003–04]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/component/content/414.html?task%3Dview |title=National Division Three South - 2003/2004 |access-date=21 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521220300/http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/component/content/414.html?task=view |archive-date=21 May 2014 }}</ref>
* '''[[National League 2 South|National Division Three South]] (1)''': [[2003–04 National Division Three South|2003–04]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/component/content/414.html?task%3Dview |title=National Division Three South - 2003/2004 |access-date=21 May 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521220300/http://www.hampshirerugby.co.uk/component/content/414.html?task=view |archive-date=21 May 2014 }}</ref>
* '''[[National League 2 East]] (1)''': [[2022–23 National League 2 East|2022–23]]


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Rugby union in London]]
* [[Rugby union in London]]

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==External links==
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* [http://blackheathrugby.co.uk/ Official website]
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Latest revision as of 14:22, 13 September 2024

51°27′29″N 0°02′46″E / 51.458°N 0.046°E / 51.458; 0.046 Blackheath Football Club is a rugby union club based in Well Hall, Eltham, in south-east London.

Blackheath
Full nameBlackheath Football Club
UnionKent RFU, Middlesex RFU
Nickname(s)Club
Founded1858; 166 years ago (1858)
LocationWell Hall, Eltham, Greenwich, London, England
Ground(s)Well Hall (Capacity: 1,650 (550 seats))
PresidentRory O'Sullivan
Captain(s)Ed Taylor
League(s)National League 1
2023–248th
Team kit
Official website
blackheathrugby.co.uk

The club was founded in Blackheath in 1858 and is the fourth-oldest rugby club in continuous existence in the world, after Dublin University Football Club (1854), Liverpool St Helens F.C. (1857), and Edinburgh Academical Football Club (1857). The Blackheath club also assisted in organising the world's first rugby international (between England and Scotland in Edinburgh on 27 March 1871) and hosted the first international between England and Wales ten years later – the players meeting and getting changed at the Princess of Wales public house. Blackheath, along with Civil Service F.C., is one of the two clubs that can claim to be a founder member of both The Football Association and the Rugby Football Union.

The club currently plays in National League 1, the third tier of the English rugby union system, with matches played at Well Hall after a move from Rectory Field in Blackheath at the end of the 2015–16 season.

History

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Early history

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The institution was founded as "Blackheath Football Club" in 1858 by old boys of Blackheath Proprietary School who played a "carrying" game of football made popular by Rugby School. When the old boys played against the current pupils, supporters would shout for either "Club" or "School" accordingly. This is why, to this day, supporters of BFC shout for "Club", not for "Blackheath". In 1863, the club developed the tactic of passing the ball from player to player as an alternative to the solo break and the "kick and follow-up".

Blackheath FC team of 1862

Blackheath is the fourth-oldest rugby club in continuous existence in the world, after Dublin University Football Club (1854), Liverpool St Helens F.C. (1857) and Edinburgh Academical Football Club (1857), but asserts it is the "oldest independent Rugby club, meaning that it was not attached to any institution such as a military establishment, hospital, school or college."[1]

In 1863 Blackheath was a founder member of The Football Association which was formed at the Freemasons' Tavern, Great Queen Street, on Lincoln Inn Fields, London 26 October 1863 with the intention to frame a code of laws that would embrace the best and most acceptable points of all the various methods of play under the one heading of "football". Francis Maule Campbell, a member of Blackheath, was elected treasurer. At the fifth meeting Campbell argued that hacking was an essential element of 'football' and that eliminating hacking would "do away with all the courage and pluck from the game, and I will be bound over to bring over a lot of Frenchmen who would beat you with a week’s practice."[2] At the sixth meeting on 8 December Campbell withdrew Blackheath, explaining that the rules that the FA intended to adopt would destroy the game and all interest in it. Other rugby clubs followed this lead and did not join the Football Association. In this way the great divide between association football and rugby took place.

In December 1870, Edwin Ash, secretary of Richmond Football Club published a letter in the papers which said, "Those who play the rugby-type game should meet to form a code of practice as various clubs play to rules which differ from others, which makes the game difficult to play." On 26 January 1871 a meeting attended by representatives from 22 clubs was held in London at the Pall Mall Restaurant. As a result of this meeting the Rugby Football Union (RFU) was founded. Three lawyers who had been pupils at Rugby School drew up the first laws of the game which were approved in June 1871. The Club is one of seven of the original twenty-one clubs to have survived to this day.

Later history

[edit]
Blackheath playing Oxford University in 1905

Blackheath initially played its matches on the Heath (meeting and changing at the Princess of Wales public house) but occasional interruptions from spectators led the club to move, initially to a private field (Richardson's Field) in Blackheath before moving to the Rectory Field in 1883.

On 27 March 1871, England (captained by Blackheath's captain and with three other Club players in the 20-strong side) played Scotland at Raeburn Place, Edinburgh, losing by one point. This was the first international rugby union game in history. Richardson's Field hosted the first England v. Wales fixture on 19 February 1881, which England won, again with four Club players in the side. In 1982 Blackheath joined the list of winning teams at the Glengarth Sevens at Stockport R.U.F.C.

Blackheath were one of the opponents for The Original All Blacks on their 1905–06 northern hemisphere tour, the first-ever New Zealand rugby union tour outside of Australasia. The touring side ran out 32–0 victors.

After 158 years it was announced that the 2015–16 season would be the last playing at the historic Rectory Field as the club had made the difficult decision to move to their training ground, Well Hall in Eltham, for the 2016–17 season to maximise matchday revenue and to continue developing for the future.[3][4] Blackheath played their last game at the Rectory Field on 30 April 2016, beating Blaydon 45–17.[5]

Current standings

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2024–25 National League 1 table
Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD TB LB Pts Qualification
1 Rams 7 7 0 0 249 114 +135 6 0 34 Promotion place
2 Richmond 7 6 1 0 257 133 +124 5 0 31
3 Rotherham Titans 7 5 0 2 254 170 +84 5 1 26
4 Birmingham Moseley 7 5 0 2 174 139 +35 4 0 24
5 Plymouth Albion 7 4 0 3 209 195 +14 6 1 23
6 Rosslyn Park 7 4 0 3 249 162 +87 4 1 21
7 Blackheath 7 4 0 3 217 161 +56 4 1 21
8 Sale FC 7 4 0 3 153 191 −38 3 1 20
9 Bishop's Stortford 7 3 0 4 158 174 −16 3 1 16
10 Dings Crusaders 7 2 1 4 196 261 −65 4 0 14
11 Sedgley Park 7 2 0 5 196 178 +18 2 3 13
12 Esher 7 1 0 6 168 323 −155 4 0 8 Relegation place
13 Leicester Lions 7 1 0 6 128 238 −110 2 1 7
14 Darlington Mowden Park 7 0 0 7 120 289 −169 2 1 3
Updated to match(es) played on 19 October 2024. Source: National League Rugby [6]
Rules for classification: If teams are level at any stage, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
  1. Number of matches won
  2. Difference between points for and against
  3. Total number of points for
  4. Aggregate number of points scored in matches between tied teams
  5. Number of matches won excluding the first match, then the second and so on until the tie is settled

Modern club

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  • Blackheath FC's first team currently plays in National Division 1 in England, but the club fields many sides.
  • The mini and junior sections have their own home ground, based at Kidbrooke Road, Well Hall, London, SE9.
  • The club also has two women's teams, the first XV winning the Championship South East 2 League back to back in seasons 2015–16 and 2016–17.
  • The club provides sections ranging from under-6's right through to under-18's, and has experienced success at all levels.
  • The mini section ran its first Mini Rugby Festival at Eltham College on 25 November 2007.
  • The club also runs a rugby academy, which started in its current format in 2013, for boys who wish to continue their academic studies alongside playing rugby. The academy is also based at Well Hall.

Notable players

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See also Category:Blackheath F.C. players

Fictional players

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Honours

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Our history". Blackheath Rugby. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  2. ^ Richard Holt,Sport and the British: A Modern History, Oxford University Press, 1990 ISBN 0-19-285229-9, p. 86
  3. ^ "BFC Executive Statement 9.12.15". Blackheath Rugby. 9 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Blackheath to leave the Rectory Field". Rolling Maul. 10 December 2015.
  5. ^ "The Big Match: Blackheath v Blaydon". Blackheath Rugby. 29 April 2016.
  6. ^ "National League 1". NCA Rugby.
  7. ^ a b Steve Lewis, One Among Equals, 2008, pp9-10 (Vertical Editions:London)
  8. ^ "National Division Three South - 2003/2004". Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
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